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Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Param-vishisht-seva-medal
TypeMilitary award
Awarded forPeace-time service of the most exceptional order
Country India
Presented byGovernment of India
Ribbon
Precedence
Next (higher) Padma Bhushan[1]
Equivalent Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal[1]
Next (lower) Maha Vir Chakra[1]
← Vishisht Seva Medal, Class I[2]

Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (IAST: Parama Viśiṣṭa Sēvā, lit. 'supreme distinguished service medal') is a military award of India. It was constituted in 1960[3] and since then it is awarded in recognition to peace-time service of the most exceptional order and may be awarded posthumously. All ranks of the Indian Armed Forces including Territorial Army, Auxiliary and Reserve forces, Nursing officers and other members of the Nursing services and other lawfully constituted Armed Forces are eligible for the award.[4]

History

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The Param Vishisht Seva Medal was originally instituted as the "Vishisht Seva Medal, Class I" on 26 January 1960. Five other medals were instituted on the same day: the Sainya Seva Medal, Sena Medal, Nau Sena Medal and the Vayu Sena Medal.[5] It was renamed on January 27, 1967,[6] and the badge signed.

Design

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The medal is round in shape, 35 mm in diameter and fitted to a plain horizontal bar with standard fitting. It is made of gold gilt. On its obverse is embossed a five-pointed star and on its reverse is the Indian state emblem and the inscription embossed along the upper rim. The riband is of gold colour with one dark blue stripe down the centre dividing it into two equal parts. If a recipient of the medal is subsequently awarded the medal again, every such further award shall be recognized by a bar to be attached to the riband by which the medal is suspended. For every such bar, a miniature insignia of a pattern approved by the Government of India shall be added to the riband when worn alone.[4][7]

List of recipients

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Key
† Indicates posthumous honour

Bar to PVSM

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No. Rank Name Branch Service Number (Unit) First Award Second Award
1 Rear Admiral Bansh Raj Singh  Indian Navy 26 January 1970 20 January 1972

1960–1969

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No. Rank Name Branch Service Number (Unit) Date of Award
1 Lieutenant General Brij Mohan Kaul  Indian Army AI-162 26 January 1961[8]
2 Rear Admiral Daya Shankar DSC  Indian Navy 26 January 1961[8]
3 Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh  Indian Air Force 1963 ENG 26 January 1962[9]
4 Major General Kunhiraman Palat Candeth  Indian Army IC-162 26 January 1963[10]
5 Brigadier Kottimukkla Alagaraja Singapparaja Raja  Indian Army IC-801 26 January 1963[10]
6 Brigadier Kalyan Singh  Indian Army IC-403 26 January 1963[10]
7 Major General Mahindra Singh Pathania  Indian Army IC-104 26 January 1963[11]
8 Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Jaswant Singh  Indian Air Force 1587 GD(P) 26 January 1963[11]
9 Major General Rawind Singh Garewal MC  Indian Army IC-127 26 January 1963[11]
10 Major General Diwan Prem Chand  Indian Army IC-161 6 April 1963[12]
11 Brigadier Reginald Stephen Noronha MC  Indian Army IC-531 6 April 1963[12]
12 Lieutenant General Daulet Singh  Indian Army 977-IA 26 January 1964[13]
13 Lieutenant General Bikram Singh  Indian Army AI-112 26 January 1964[13]
14 Lieutenant General Prem Singh Gyani  Indian Army IA-1281 26 January 1964[13]
15 Air Vice Marshal Erlic Wilmot Pinto  Indian Air Force 1593 GD(P) 26 January 1964[13]
16 Air Vice Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer MVC, DFC  Indian Air Force 1614 GD(P) 26 January 1964[13]
17 Lieutenant General Thomas Bryan Henderson Brooks  Indian Army AI-824 5 March 1964[14]
18 Major General Kartar Nath Dubey  Indian Army IC-603 (Engineers) 26 January 1965[15]
19 Brigadier Shavak Naswaranji Antia  Indian Army IC-2130 (Signals) 26 January 1965[15]
20 Brigadier Syed Baquar Raza  Indian Army IC-806 (Artillery) 26 January 1965[15]
21 Brigadier Badri Nath Upadhyay  Indian Army IC-2958 (9 Gorkha Rifles) 26 January 1965[15]
22 Brigadier Vijay Kumar Ghai  Indian Army IC-1672 (Artillery) 30 June 1965[16]
23 Major General Joginder Singh  Indian Army IC-203 10 November 1965[17]
24 Group Captain George Kanisht Kumar John  Indian Air Force 2132 10 November 1965[17]
25 Group Captain Walter Vernon Alexander Lloyd  Indian Air Force 2623 10 November 1965[17]
26 Lieutenant General Moti Sagar  Indian Army IC-25 26 January 1966[18]
27 Major General Amrik Singh MC  Indian Army IC-133 26 January 1966[18]
28 Major General Rajinder Nath Batra  Indian Army IC-446 26 January 1966[18]
29 Rear Admiral Benjamin Abraham Samson  Indian Navy 26 January 1966[18]
30 Rear Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda  Indian Navy 26 January 1966[18]
31 Brigadier Iorwerth George Jenkins MC  Indian Army IC-1389 26 January 1966[18]
32 Brigadier Zora Singh  Indian Army IC-3287 26 January 1966[18]
33 Brigadier Onkar Singh Kalkat  Indian Army IC-810 26 January 1966[18]
34 Air Commodore Krishna Mahesh Agerwala  Indian Air Force 1648 GD(N) 26 January 1966[18]
35 Brigadier Bhumi Chand Chauhan  Indian Army IC-660 30 September 1966[19]
36 Lieutenant General Tirath Ram Pahwa  Indian Army MR-158 26 January 1967[20]
37 Major General Sailendra Mohan Basu  Indian Army MR-145 26 January 1967[20]
38 Rear Admiral Pabitra Kumar Mukherjee  Indian Navy 26 January 1967[20]
39 Air Vice Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse  Indian Air Force 1616 GD(P) 26 January 1967[20]
40 Air Vice Marshal Kanianthra Alexander Joseph  Indian Air Force 2960 SIGS 26 January 1967[20]
41 Air Commodore Gurbachan Singh  Indian Air Force 1779 EQPT 26 January 1967[20]
42 Lieutenant General Amarendra Krishna Dey  Indian Army MR-135 (Medical) 26 January 1968[21]
43 Major General Satya Paul Vohra  Indian Army IC-609 (EME) 26 January 1968[20]
44 Rear Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli  Indian Navy 26 January 1968[21]
45 Air Vice Marshal Shivdev Singh  Indian Air Force 1595 GD(P) 26 January 1968[21]
46 Air Vice Marshal Om Prakash Mehra  Indian Air Force 1639 GD(P) 26 January 1968[21]
47 Lieutenant General Apparanda Chengappa Iyappa (Ret'd)  Indian Army IC-89 (Signals) 26 January 1969[22]
48 Lieutenant General Bidyapati Bhattacharjya  Indian Army MR-147 (Medical) 26 January 1969[22]
49 Lieutenant General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor  Indian Army IC-129 (Infantry) 26 January 1969[22]
50 Lieutenant General Rajinder Singh Paintal  Indian Army IC-125 (Infantry) 26 January 1969[22]
51 Major General Panavelil Thomas Joseph AVSM  Indian Army MR-150 (Medical) 26 January 1969[22]
52 Major General Inderjit Singh Gill MC  Indian Army IC-1641 (Infantry) 26 January 1969[22]
53 Rear Admiral Kesavapillai Ramakrishnan Nair  Indian Navy 26 January 1969[22]
54 Air Vice Marshal Hari Chand Dewan  Indian Air Force 1598 GD(P) 26 January 1969[22]
55 Air Vice Marshal Teja Singh Virk  Indian Air Force 1621 GD(N) 26 January 1969[22]

1970–1979

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No. Rank Name Branch Service Number (Unit) Date of Award
56 Lieutenant General Ajit Singh  Indian Army IC-344 26 January 1970[23]
57 Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora  Indian Army IC-214 26 January 1970[23]
58 Vice Admiral Nilakanta Krishnan DSC  Indian Navy 26 January 1970[23]
59 Major General Mihirsingh Gehirsingh Hazari  Indian Army IC-646 26 January 1970[23]
60 Major General Naveen Chand Rawlley AVSM MC  Indian Army IC-525 26 January 1970[23]
61 Major General Sagat Singh  Indian Army IC-4295 26 January 1970[23]
62 Major General Umrao Singh  Indian Army IC-361 26 January 1970[23]
63 Rear Admiral Bansh Raj Singh  Indian Navy 26 January 1970[23]
64 Air Vice Marshal Ajit Nath  Indian Air Force 1666 (Medical) 26 January 1970[23]
65 Lieutenant General Ram Adhar Loomba  Indian Army IC-347 (Engineers) 26 January 1971[24][25]
66 Lieutenant General Inder Dev Verma  Indian Army IC-414 (Signals) 26 January 1971[24][25]
67 Lieutenant General Sailendra Nath Chatterjee MC  Indian Army MR-152 (Medical) 26 January 1971[24][25]
68 Lieutenant General M. Balakrishna Menon  Indian Army MR-147 (Medical) 26 January 1971[24][25]
69 Vice Admiral Jal Cursetji  Indian Navy 26 January 1971[24][25]
70 Major General Inder Singh  Indian Army MR-174 (Medical) 26 January 1971[24][25]
71 Major General Kartar Singh  Indian Army DR-10002 (Dental) 26 January 1971[24][25]
72 Major General Sri Kanth Korla DSO MC  Indian Army IC-382 26 January 1971[24][25]
73 Major General Santokh Singh Padda  Indian Army IC-699 (Armoured Corps) 26 January 1971[24][25]
74 Major General Premanghsu Chowdry  Indian Army IC-902 26 January 1971[24][25]
75 Rear Admiral Balwant Singh  Indian Navy 26 January 1971[24][25]
76 Air Vice Marshal Madhukar Mallanah Srinagesh AVSM  Indian Air Force 1665 (Medical) 26 January 1971[24][25]
77 Air Vice Marshal Idris Latif  Indian Air Force 1804 GD (P) 26 January 1971[24][25]
78 Air Commodore Lal Singh Grewal AVSM VrC  Indian Air Force 2337 GD (P) 26 January 1971[24][25]
79 Major General Stanley Leslie Menezes SC  Indian Army IC-540 (Grenadiers) 20 January 1972[26]
80 Major General Walter Anthony Gustave Pinto  Indian Army IC-605 (Guards) 20 January 1972[26]
81 Major General Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea MVC  Indian Army IC-1338 (Garhwal Rifles) 20 January 1972[26]
82 Major General Arun Kumar Biswas  Indian Army IC-1185 (Army Ordnance Corps) 20 January 1972[26]
83 Major General Ved Parkash  Indian Army MR-177 (Medical) 20 January 1972[26]
84 Rear Admiral Bansh Raj Singh PVSM  Indian Navy 20 January 1972[26]
85 Air Vice Marshal Devaiah Subia VrC  Indian Air Force 1866 F(P) 20 January 1972[26]
86 Commodore Dorab Ratanshaw Mehta  Indian Navy 20 January 1972[26]
87 Commodore John Thomas Goslin Pereira AVSM  Indian Navy 20 January 1972[26]
88 Lieutenant General Premindra Singh Bhagat VC  Indian Army IC-267 26 January 1972[27][28]
89 Lieutenant General Jaswant Kishan Khanna MC  Indian Army IC-264 26 January 1972[27][28]
90 Lieutenant General Har Prasad  Indian Army IC-242 26 January 1972[27][28]
91 Lieutenant General Brij Lall Kapoor AVSM  Indian Army MR-173 (Medical) 26 January 1972[27][28]
92 Major General Mohindra Nath Batra  Indian Army IC-308 (Intelligence Corps) 26 January 1972[27][28]
93 Major General Syed Mahdi Hasnain  Indian Army IC-2065 (Garhwal Rifles) 26 January 1972[27][28]
94 Major General Mohinder Singh  Indian Army IC-1021 (Army Service Corps) 26 January 1972[27][28]
95 Major General Jonathan Reuben Samson  Indian Army IC-887 (Engineers) 26 January 1972[27][28]
96 Rear Admiral Pritam Singh Mahindroo  Indian Navy 26 January 1972[27][28]
97 Surgeon Rear Admiral Harcharan Lal Bhatia AVSM MC  Indian Navy 26 January 1972[27][28]
98 Air Vice Marshal Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao  Indian Air Force 1727 F (P) 26 January 1972[27][28]
99 Air Vice Marshal Dadi Ardeshir Mehta  Indian Air Force 1625 F (N) 26 January 1972[27][28]
100 Air Vice Marshal Amolak Singh Rikhy  Indian Air Force 2024 A&SD 26 January 1972[27][28]
101 Air Commodore Chandrasekhar Rao Kurpad  Indian Air Force 2414 RAD 26 January 1972[27][28]
102 Air Commodore Mondan Bhaskaran  Indian Air Force 2761 ENG 26 January 1972[27][28]
103 Lieutenant General Daljit Singh Kalha  Indian Army IC-615 (Army Service Corps) 26 January 1973[29][30]
104 Major General Satinder Singh  Indian Army IC-444 26 January 1973[29][30]
105 Major General Madhav Rao Rajwade VSM, MC  Indian Army IC-658 (Engineers) 26 January 1973[29][30]
106 Major General Kumar Ranjit Singh  Indian Army IC-1742 (Armoured Corps) 26 January 1973[29][30]
107 Major General Anil Krishna Barat  Indian Army MR-196 (Medical) 26 January 1973[29][30]
108 Major General Trichinopoly Vadival Jagannathan AVSM  Indian Army IC-556 (Engineers) 26 January 1973[29][30]
109 Major General Robert George Williams  Indian Army IC-298 (Artillery) 26 January 1973[29][30]
110 Major General Srinivas Kumar Sinha  Indian Army IC-1536 26 January 1973[29][30]
111 Rear Admiral Rabinder Nath Batra  Indian Navy 26 January 1973[29][30]
112 Rear Admiral Sarosh Jehangir Lalkaka  Indian Navy 60000N 26 January 1973[29][30]
113 Rear Admiral Kamalakar Laxman Kulkarni  Indian Navy 00008T 26 January 1973[29][30]
114 Group Captain Prabhu Datt Chopra  Indian Air Force 3497 ENG 26 January 1973[29][30]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Precedence Of Medals". indianarmy.nic.in. Indian Army. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Service Awards - Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force".
  3. ^ "Vishist Seva Medal & Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal". bharat-rakshak.com.
  4. ^ a b "Param Vishisht Seva Medal | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. ^ "DESIGNS OF NEW SERVICE MEDAL AND THEIR DESIGNS" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in. 29 July 1960. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Ashoka Chakra and Vishisht Seva Medals Renamed" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 27 January 1967. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Honour & Awards - About". indianairforce.nic.in. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 28 January 1961. p. 18.
  9. ^ "Vishisht Seva Medal For Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 26 January 1962. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 26 January 1963. p. 57.
  11. ^ a b c "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 16 February 1963. p. 91.
  12. ^ a b "Vishisht Seva Medal For Maj. Gen. Prem Chand and Brig. Noronha" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 6 April 1963. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 1 February 1964. p. 29–30.
  14. ^ "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 14 March 1964. p. 96.
  15. ^ a b c d "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 13 March 1965. p. 125.
  16. ^ "Awards to Kargil Heroes Announced" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 30 June 1965. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  17. ^ a b c "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 1 January 1966. p. 24.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 19 February 1966. p. 151.
  19. ^ "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 8 October 1966. p. 661.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 1 April 1967. p. 351.
  21. ^ a b c d "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 6 April 1968. p. 292.
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 12 April 1969. p. 335.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 25 April 1970. p. 446.
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "GALLANTRY AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
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  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 27 May 1972. p. 485.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards for Defence Personnel" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in. 25 January 1973. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  30. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Part I-Section 1". The Gazette of India. 31 March 1973. p. 410.
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